Chapter 80 City Center

Eighty minutes into the script, in the city center.

By this time, Feng Bujue had already circled the city, setting up all the necessary arrangements for his "game," and then arrived at this place.

"A castle, huh…" Jue-Ge muttered, gazing at the distant, massive, bizarre fortress. "Your Excellency's taste in architecture is…questionable."

The "Your Excellency" he was referring to was none other than Samodir.

In fact, the moment Feng Bujue entered this script, he had already sensed Samodir's presence, because the surrounding "mist" clearly carried the latter's energy. From a data perspective, it was like a "fingerprint" or "genetic sequence"—easily identifiable.

"Speaking of which…what are you doing hiding in Nuka City?" Feng Bujue wondered aloud as he headed toward the castle.

Just as he was about to jump over a stream of lava, suddenly…

"Yo~ yo~ it is said that~" a rap, complete with its own rhythm, echoed. "I've searched high and low without success~"

"Hey~ hey~ didn't expect that~" another similar voice chimed in. "It came without any effort at all yo~"

As the voices faded, two figures floated into view, standing several meters ahead of Jue-Ge.

"Hmm…" Feng Bujue squinted, looking at the two before him. "May I ask…who you are?"

"I'm Dian San!" Dian San looked like a black man, but he wasn't a "human"; he was a humanoid creature with four arms.

"I~ am…Dao Si!" Dao Si was also a humanoid creature, but his entire body was purple. He had shark-like gills on his neck and four small eyes on his face, but no nose.

Both of these "people" were dressed in loose, long-sleeved shirts, cropped pants, and sneakers. They each wore a pile of exaggerated pendants around their necks, resembling the attire of rap artists.

"Oh," Jue-Ge responded coolly. "May I ask what business you two have with me?"

"We we we~ We've been looking for you for a lo~ng time, Feng Bujue yo!" Dian San replied.

"Samodir~ Master~ yaoyao~ cut a noise~ wants…us to take~ you back ya~" Dao Si added.

"Can you guys talk properly…" Feng Bujue had only been interacting with them for less than a minute, but he already felt a headache coming on.

"Yo~ yo~ Bujue Bujue you don't understand ya~" Dian San replied with another rap. "This is called rA~rArArA~"

"Rap!" Dao Si flashed in front of Dian San at this moment, completing the sentence.

"Huh?" Feng Bujue stared with dead fish eyes. "With your level…how dare you call yourselves rappers? I feel like you're even worse than Katsura's 'Joy of Joui'!"

"Wh-wh-wh-what?" Dian San let out a glitched shriek. "You have some nerve~"

"Hey~ hey~ some nerve~" Dao Si provided timely backup vocals.

"Daring to say~ I'm not as good as Katsura?" Dian San continued. "Believe it or not~ we'll blow~ your head off with~ rhythm!"

"Alright, alright…pretend I didn't say anything…" Feng Bujue didn't want to continue arguing with them, because he felt it would never end. "Aren't you supposed to take me to see Samodir? I'll go with you."

…

Meanwhile, somewhere in the west of the city.

"Damn it…it's been almost an hour…" Huang Dachui wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and muttered, "That bastard is definitely playing us!"

"Not necessarily…" Jianxing Nan retorted. "I'm gradually becoming convinced that everything that man said is true…"

"Oh?" Xuan Ling Wangzhe asked suspiciously upon hearing this. "What makes you say that?"

"On this round of the road, I have been thinking all along, and gradually realized some problems…" Jianxing Nan replied, "The time we met that guy…was only about thirty minutes after the start of the script. In other words, he only spent half an hour to create such a robot carrying a virus weapon, and found our exact location, and successfully infected all four of us with the virus."

"Wait a minute…" Huang Dachui said, "That robot may not have been made by him, right? Maybe it's a summoned creature?"

"If it were a summoned creature, then after it was blown up…its remains would immediately turn into white light and dissipate." Jianxing Nan had already considered this, so he replied without thinking, "But the remains of that robot did not disappear, which shows that it itself is something from 'this world'."

"So… so that's how it is…" Huang Dachui nodded in response.

"Also…" Jianxing Nan immediately added, "I also realized later…if this person really wanted to kill us, then he could have installed something that would kill us in a short time, or make us lose the ability to act instantly… Why did he have to use this virus that only takes effect after three hours?" He sighed, "Ah… taking a step back, you have also seen his skills… If he had murderous intent at that time, then even without the robot leading the way, he could have at least fought us to the point of two dead and one injured…"

When he said this, the teammates couldn't help but feel a burst of fear.

Even Huang Dachui, who thought highly of himself… had to agree with this point of view. Because in the instant when Jue-Ge approached and hijacked him, he really felt a sense of despair… If Jue-Ge wanted to kill someone at that time, then Huang Dachui would definitely be the first to die.

Two seconds later, Jianxing Nan continued what he had just said, "Although we haven't been in contact with that man for a long time, from his limited performance, it can be deduced that… he has extremely strong psychological qualities, a reconnaissance ability far beyond our understanding, at least a B-level or higher machinery expertise, and faster speed and endurance than me and Qi Doushi…"

"Eh? How did you see the endurance?" Qi Doushi interrupted.

"We have been chasing the clues he gave for more than fifty minutes, and we can see new clues every time we arrive at a location. Isn't this enough to explain the problem?" Jianxing Nan asked rhetorically.

"That's right!" Qi Doushi thought for a while, and was immediately shocked, "This shows that he has been to every place we have passed during this time in advance…"

"Of course, it can't be ruled out that there are teammates helping him complete these things…" Jianxing Nan said in a deep voice, "But… I don't think it's likely."

"Why is that?" Huang Dachui asked.

"It's just a feeling…" Jianxing Nan said, "Let's just say it's the experience and intuition accumulated by my many years as a professional player in the game circle…" His expression became very solemn, "I always feel that… we have encountered a very, very strong opponent this time…" He paused for half a second, and said with a black face, "…powerful to the point where he can destroy our team by himself."

"Don't be kidding!" Huang Dachui's facial muscles twitched, suppressing his rising horror value with a loud shout, "How can there be such a person? Even Tuntian Guixiao can't do this, right?"

"I don't know if Guixiao can do it." At this time, Xuan Ling Wangzhe also interjected, "I don't know how strong that man is. But… I also have the 'feeling' that Jian Ge said…"

"Hey, hey…if you say that…" Huang Dachui wiped the sweat from his face, "Aren't we encountering a super-strong team that is stronger than a professional team…no…stronger than Order One team? And we are now completely controlled by the other side!"

"There's no need to be so pessimistic." Jianxing Nan said, "Because… we are still alive, aren't we?"

His words didn't have any effect on boosting morale at all…

"Theoretically speaking, we still have a chance of winning." After thinking for a while, Jianxing Nan continued, "First of all, that man said that he has a private grudge to deal with with the Boss in the script, which is good news for us…"

"Well…maybe he will be killed by the script Boss, right?" Qi Doushi interjected.

"That's right." Jianxing Nan nodded, "Secondly, although he himself is very strong, his teammates may not be very powerful. If he is killed by the script Boss, then we have a favorable four-on-three situation."

"Even if he is not killed by the Boss, but as long as he gets injured in a lose-lose situation, it is good news for us." Xuan Ling Wangzhe interjected.

"That makes sense…" Huang Dachui listened to his teammates' "optimistic estimates" and suddenly came to his senses, "In this way, our hope is indeed not small!"

"However… we still have to solve the immediate crisis first." Jianxing Nan said, "Even if we are led by the nose by him… we have to be patient until we find the 'antidote'." He licked his dry lips, "No matter whether the virus on us is z virus, we have to find a way to solve it as soon as possible…"

"Yeah…" Qi Doushi interjected, "When I started sweating, I thought it was just psychological, but now I have mild fever and weakness in my limbs… If this trend continues, I'm afraid…"

Just as they were talking, a new prompt appeared in front of them.

The prompts left by Feng Bujue are very obvious, and their logos are generally huge smiley faces carved on the walls or the ground; below the smiley face, there will be a simple (Jue-Ge is afraid that it will be too difficult and cause the other party to fall into a deadlock) riddle clue, pointing out the location of the next location.

"The sun rises in the east… the waterfall flows straight down…" Huang Dachui looked at the eight characters engraved under the smiley face and read them once, "Well…" He groaned thoughtfully, then turned his head to look at Jianxing Nan, "What does it mean?"

Jianxing Nan pondered for two minutes, and his expression relaxed: "It means to go one kilometer in the direction of nine o'clock…"

As soon as he said this, Qi Doushi and Xuan Ling Wangzhe suddenly realized, only Huang Dachui was still in a state of confusion: "Eh? How did you come to this conclusion?"

"Alas…" Jianxing Nan could only sigh, "Anyway… let's continue on our way…"

…

On the other hand, the Hell's Frontline team…

At this time, Xiao Tan, Xiao Ling, and Huajian had also been wandering in the script for an hour and a half.

Since Ruoyu's instructions to Jue-Ge were to "annihilate the enemy within two hours," Xiao Tan and the others did not go to further expand the plot or anything; in the limited time, they still chose to search the items and skills on this map as much as possible.

As mentioned earlier, in the Thriller Paradise script, if you want to get something good, in addition to opening some specific storage areas through puzzles, in most other cases… a large number of non-mainline essentials, including equipment, can be obtained by "finding" them. For example, a Spider-Man tights are placed in the window of a street store, which may be completely useless, but it may also be a fine-grade equipment with attributes; for example, wandering around in a sewer, you may be able to find a series of weapons such as double knives, Emei thorns, nunchakus and long sticks…

In short, under the premise of no clearance pressure, as long as the map is large enough… players can fully enjoy the fun of exploration.

Let's just say now, these three lucky (relative to Jue-Ge) characters of Xiao Tan have already found three fine-grade items and a skill card in ninety minutes.

The items are as follows:

【Name: Fried Shrimp Bracers】

【Type: Armor】

【Quality: Fine】

【Defense: Medium】

【Attribute: Isolation】

【Effect: Reduces 90% of fire attribute damage to the wrist】

【Equipment Requirements: Level 25, Bound After Equipped】

【Can it be brought out of this script: Yes】

【Remarks: A bracer cast from the shell of an Emperor Lobster, decorated with a golden, oily, crispy, and delicious nut coat.】

This is a very unique fine-grade armor, and its uniqueness may be its fried shrimp shape and remarks full of slots.

【Name: Toilet Brush】

【Type: Weapon】

【Quality: Fine】

【Attack Power: Weak】

【Attribute: None】

【Effect: Comes with the skill "Vortex Thrust of Fatal Spin", cooldown time is ten seconds】

【Equipment Requirements: Grappling Specialization A, Bound After Equipped】

【Can it be brought out of this script: Yes】

【Remarks: When you reach a certain level of skill in using weapons, you can clean up your opponent as clean as a newly washed toilet.】

As mentioned above, a weapon full of malice…

【Name: Textbook Textbook】

【Type: Other】

【Quality: Fine】

【Effect: Causes the target to be in a state of depression and unhappiness for 45 minutes (cooldown time is ten minutes, only effective for players).】

【Equipment Requirements: None, Bound After One Use】

【Can it be brought out of this script: Yes】

【Remarks: Every year, we will overturn those contents produced last year, make some details, and then tell you that these modified contents may appear in the test education testing mechanism you are in, and affect the evaluation you get in this system.

So, you have to buy the new set of things that came out this year, and we who make those readings can survive for another year.

Perhaps in a hundred years, those literary works that touch people's hearts will still be remembered, and the textbooks of this century will become versions of ass-wiping paper.

But in any case, "we" will continue to survive. As long as your access to knowledge is still tied to this disgusting testing system, you will eventually be our little bitches.】

The effect of this item is also very good, it can be said that it has the same effect as [Draw a Cross and Curse You].

Finally, let's take a look at the skills they found…

【Name: Solitary Appreciation】

【Skill Card Attributes: Active Skill, Disappears After Two Uses】

【Skill Category: Reconnaissance】

【Effect: At the moment the skill is activated, the player's body will immediately enter the phase space and leave an invincible and damageable afterimage at the original location. After entering the phase space, the body can move in a straight line in any direction regardless of gravity, but it cannot activate skills or make contact with matter in the original space. After five seconds, the body will appear in a reasonable form (to avoid the body being embedded in walls and other objects) at the moved position; at the same time, the afterimage will disappear, and the damage suffered by the afterimage during this period will be converted into physical strength and added to the body. (Cooldown time is thirty seconds)】

【Consumption: 70% of the current physical strength value】

【Learning Requirements: Reconnaissance Specialization A, Level 43】

【Remarks: The beautiful scenery is empty and unparalleled, and who is the fragrance for?】

From the effect of the skill, this skill card is at least up to the quasi-s level standard, but because it is a "limited use" version, the learning requirements are not very high.

The above is the result of Wang Tanzhi and his three people's search during this period.

Except for the skill card that Xiao Ling opened from a treasure chest that needed to be solved, the other three items were all "found" through carpet search - one was embedded in the advertising sign at the entrance of the restaurant, one was placed in the storage room next to the public toilet, and the other… was placed on a bookshelf in the library.

Obviously, these are not items that are easy to find, but these few members of Hell's Frontline still managed to get them with patience and luck.

Of course… if Jue-Ge were to look for it, perhaps he could find it with the "data perspective". But leaving this factor aside… just relying on his character to search, I'm afraid it would take three hours to find it.

…

After searching for dozens of minutes in a row, Xiao Tan and the others decided to find a place with a relatively open view to take a rest.

"Ah… it feels like it's been a long time…" Xiao Tan sighed after sitting down on a park bench, "I wonder how Jue-Ge is doing."

"Ha!" Xiao Ling sat down next to him and stretched, "I think you should be worried about those guys on the enemy team."

"Yes…" Huajian stood aside and said with a smile, "The two-hour time limit is coming soon, and with Feng Bujue's personality… he will definitely do what he says. If he hasn't taken care of the other party completely at the one hundred and twentieth minute, he can do things like detonating nuclear bombs."

"Heh…hehe…" Xiao Tan laughed dryly, "That's true…"

The three of them just sat down and chatted for three or four sentences, but unexpectedly…

Suddenly, a darkness like a solid entity descended.

In an instant, the players' eyes went black, and they couldn't see their fingers.

Not only Xiao Tan and the others, but at the same time, the Golden Warhammer team at the other end of the script also encountered the same situation.

In the next second, every player heard a whisper in their ears: [Ants from another world, come and see the true face of this city.]